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The same tired old mantras "you make yourself look an idiot", "you're prejudiced", "you're irrational" - change the record.
I've asked questions which still haven't been answered, namely (1) surely the distance the handlebars stick out from the stem, and the length the steerer tube extends above the headset causes a much higher than normal forward and downwards moment about the headset, putting much higher bending stress on the steerer tube, and (2) if they're any good why aren't they more popular?
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Flying_Monkey said:Bonj - the extent to which you will make yourself look like an idiot never ceases to amaze...
You may well not like the look of the Airnimal. But apart from that you know nothing about it (or about bikes in general by the sound of it), but you're doing your usual thing of taking a prejudice and to retrospectively make it sound like this was the outcome of some rational thinking.
You'd really do better if you just asked some questions politely some times. Like, 'that's an unusual bike, not sure I like the look of it, but can you tell me more about it?'
And yes, it does make a difference it you've actually ridden one... obviously.
The same tired old mantras "you make yourself look an idiot", "you're prejudiced", "you're irrational" - change the record.
I've asked questions which still haven't been answered, namely (1) surely the distance the handlebars stick out from the stem, and the length the steerer tube extends above the headset causes a much higher than normal forward and downwards moment about the headset, putting much higher bending stress on the steerer tube, and (2) if they're any good why aren't they more popular?